The San Francisco Quilters Guild offers a wealth of activities for anyone in the Bay Area interested in quiltmaking and related arts. We hold monthly meetings, host events and speakers, and offer many other activities that foster companionship, learning, and fun.
Thank you! Volunteers Needed for 2025 Quilt Show
Thank you for your generosity – we have filled our volunteering needs for Judging and Publicity/Social Media! We do still have several leadership positions that are unfilled: Viewer’s Choice, Featured Artist Wrangler, Quilt Return, & Virtual Show. Please contact Michelle Trimble at quilt.san.francisco@gmail.com to volunteer or find out more information.
2024 Auction
The live auction and cash-and-carry tables will return on November 12th, 7pm at St Anneβs. This is a fun night of the year and raises funds for guild operation. Guests are free. Cash and checks preferred, credit cards accepted. Information about donating items can be found in the newsletter and Members Only Page.
Our Next Retreat
Mark your calendar and reserve your spot for The Guild Getaway: October 4-6, 2024. Registration opens August 12th. Find out more here.
The Vendor Application for our 2025 Quilt Show is available for download here.
Participate in Outreach
Curbside Outreach takes place on the first Saturday of each month and at our in person meeting on the third Tuesday of each month, please check the Event Calendar to confirm dates, as there may be exceptions. Check our Community Outreach Page for information about our current project.
Visit our Library
Our library will now be available at our monthly in person meetings. Message Judy Grady with any questions. More details here.
Welcome to Community Outreach!
The San Francisco Quilters Guild has a long history of donating quilts to organizations in San Francisco and the larger community. Our Community Outreach Team facilitates providing quilts to people facing life challenges and they have been organizing and distributing quilts and pillowcases to community organizations in San Francisco for over 40 years.
We provide quilts to a wide spectrum of San Franciscans including seniors, teens, babies, people struggling with addiction, and unhoused people. In the last 3 years the Guild has donated 1500 quilts to non-profits in San Francisco.
Guild members donate quilts made from their own fabrics or complete kits provided by Community Outreach from donated fabric. Other members move donated tops along the path to completion by quilting, binding, or attaching labels.
We also take on special projects.Β Our most recent project was making 260 quilts for residents of the new supportive housing at 1064 Mission Street.Β Another lock-down project was 20 twin size bed quilts for residents of Epiphany Center for Addiction Treatment.
Curbside Outreach
When the pandemic prevented indoor gatherings, Curbside Outreach was created.Β For three years members have come to Outreach Co-Chair Adrienne Hickmanβs garage every first and third Saturday of the month to pick up kits and deliver quilts and tops.
Curbside Outreach allowed members to socialize outdoors and masked and was especially popular during the shelter-in-place.Β
Currently Curbside Outreach is now held on the first Saturday of each month.Β
Community Outreach Sewcials
We are still working on finding a space to host our sewcials but please check the calendar and newsletter for an announcement once we do.
Current Quilt and Pillowcase Recipients
Previous Outreach Projects
1064 Mission Street Project: 2022
The Mission Street Project has finally come to a close. It was a little over a year ago that we put out a call for 256 lap quilts for the future residents of the 1064 Mission Street Supportive Housing Project. At coffee mornings on December 19 and 21, 2022 we were able to help residents choose a quilt for their new apartment. We rarely meet the people who receive the quilts. It was a delight to get to talk with the recipients and help them select a quilt.
If you would like to see the amazing quilts you can find them all at https://www.williamchurch-photography.com/quilts/ . William Church very kindly offered to photograph all the quilts over the year.
If you would like to find out more about the 1064 Mission Supportive Housing Project you can read about it on their website.
Epiphany House Project: 2020
20 twin size quilts were made for the residents of Epiphany Center.
If you would like to find out more about Epiphany Center you can read about them on their website at Epiphany Center.
Paradise Fire Survivors Quilts Project: 2019
Members made 109 quilts which were brought to the Annieβs Star Quilt Guild in Chico in 2 large batches in 2019.
Outreach Patterns
We are always making up new kits and which means we are always coming up with new patterns. Below you will find 7 patterns to make at home – Click the desired image to open the PDF pattern instructions.
The organizations we serve suggest the following dimensions β¦ but any size quilt is welcome
- Baby quilts range from 36β x 36β to 40β x 40β
- Lap and teen quilts range from 40β x 40β to 50β x 60β
In the past, we have also collected Pillow Cases and Drawstring Totes.
What Recipients Say
We thank the guild for the priceless gift of exquisite hand-made quilts for the courageous women we serve at Epiphany Center
β With gratitude, Epiphany Residents, Sister Betty Marie, Suzi & Mary
On Behalf of the Board of Directors and all of us at Family House, please accept our sincere thanks for your generous gift of handmade lap quilts. You make it possible for us to provide care, comfort and compassion every night.
β Family House
βAfter such a trying couple of days in the NICU it was so wonderful to receive such a great gift.β
βLove, Baby Archie
Quilt Retreats
We regularly invite SFQG Members to join us for a weekends of connection, community, and quilting.
Our retreats take two forms: QuiltAways and Guild GetAways. QuiltAways are multi-day workshops, where we invite teachers to come and host two 1-day classes or one 2-day class. Guild GetAways are Open Studio retreats, where we invite members to bring current projects or UFOs that need a little inspiration.
Our retreats often host a free table, show & tell, evening programs, and other activities. The program areas have dedicated sewing spaces with extension cords, ironing stations, cutting stations, and design wall space. Typically, meals are provided for dinner on arrival day through lunch on departure day, including daily snacks.
Our Next Retreat
Mark your calendar and reserve your spot for
THE GUILD GETAWAY October 4-6, 2024
Registration opens August 12th.
This Guild GetAway is an open studio retreat. Bring a current WIP, a UFO that needs a little inspiration, or get a head start on a holiday project! Enjoy dedicated sewing space, free table, show & tell, walking trails, evening programs…and more! Space is limited to 36 participants.
Questions? Contact Christine Reiter.
Camp Newman
Camp Newman is a newly rebuilt retreat facility in the Santa Rosa hills. They offer beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces, new accommodations, great food, and large program spaces.
Camp Newman is accessible for all mobility needs.
For most retreats, you can chose between shared or private accommodations and adding an extra day at the beginning.
For Fall 2024, you can chose between shared or private accommodations in the Lodge only:
Village Cabin – N/A for Fall 2024
- Each cabin suite includes 4 sets of twin-size bunks (lower bunks only) with a shared bathroom and bedding included.
- Provide your own bedding, towels, toiletries etc.
- 2-4 people per suite.
- All cabins include A/C and heat.
- Cost:
- TBD
Lodge
- Hotel style rooms with two queen beds, private bathroom, mini fridge, microwave, Keurig, outdoor seating areas, bedding, and towels included.
- Shared or Private occupancy available.
- Cost:
- $390
- Private Option Available for +$200
No refunds or partial reservations. If you must cancel, you may transfer your reservation.
Non-members can pay $45 to join SFQG to attend.
Our Last QuiltAway
More information about our last QuiltAway Teachers can be found here.
Guild meetings are in the Moriarty Hall at St. Anne of the Sunset, at 850 Judah Street between Irving and Funston. The school yard will be open for parking and the entrances for both the meeting space (including accessible ramp) and the school yard are on Funston Street.
We look forward to in person Sew and Tell, so bring your recent work to share! You may also bring items you have completed for Community Outreach or pick up kits from their table. Check out our Activities page to find out more about our regular Meeting Activities.
Bring your fabric to the Swap Table at our monthly meetings and βshopβ for something new at the break. You do not need to donate to be able to shop! Please note, please only bring quilting cottons – any other quilting supplies should be saved for our outdoor free tables.
Lectures will typically be hybrid meetings going forward.
See you there!
Accessing the Moriarty Hall
While the address for St. Anne is on Judah Street, access to the Moriarty Hall and School Yard Parking can be found on Funston Street. The images below can help you orient yourself before you arrive.
Signs will be posted to guide you.
The NOWL bus & N Judah train stop out front of St. Anne at Funston and Judah, with additional busses stopping approximately 1/4 mile East & West.
More Information About St. Anne's